Presenting apparatus



Aug. 21, 1928.

- F. M. FURBER PRESENTING APPARATUS 2 Sheets-Sheet Filed y 19, 1924 Aug. 21, 1928. 1,681,227

F. FURBER PRESENTING APPARATUS Filed M y 19, 1924 2 Sheets-Sket 2 Patented Aug. 21, 1928.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

Fannie-max M. seamen, or REVERE, MASSACHUSETTS, ASSIGNOR To UNITED SHOE MACHINERY CORPORATION, or PATERSON, NEW JERSEY, A CORPORATION orivnw JERSEY.

I Application filed May 19,

lustrated is particularly designed for use in securing pads of feltknown as heel pads a to the insoles of shoes.

Theinvention is shown as embodied in a machine of the typeillustrated in Patents Nos. 1,604,160and-1,604,161, granted October 26, 1926, in the name of the present apinvention is not necessarily limited to such machines. In the machines disclosed in said applications a plurality of magazines'containing heel pads of different sizes are adapted to be selectivel located in heel pad delivering position; The pads are removed one by one from each operatively positioned magazine by a, movable support provided with picker mechanism, adhesive is applied. to the pad as it lies on the'support, and the support is. then moved to present the adhesive-coated pad in a convenient position before the operator. The operator presses the inside of av shoe against the adhesivecoated side of the pad and the pressure of the shoe against the support is utilized to 4 restore the picker. mechanism to inactive po sition, therebyreleasingthe pad and reset ting the picker :mechanism. 'Thisgeneral organization and method ofoperatron'being clearly disclosed in my above-mentioned earlier patents, no extended discussion of the many advantages incident thereto is here. deemed necessary. a

In the machine disclosed in the abovementioned Patent No. 1,604,161 the magazines, when operativel positioned, are so located. relatively. to t e movable support bearing the picker devices that when the pads are delivered to said'support the curved rear edges of pads of different sizes will be differently located thereon. In order.

that the pads shall be roperly positioned in the shoes, the movab e support or picker head of said prior machine is provided with a gage for positioning the shoe relatively to the pad presented by the picker head. To enable said gage to perform its function properly with respect to heel pads of different sizes, the gage must be set in a different PRESENTING APPARATUS.

1924. Serial No. 714,349,

position relatively. to thepicker head for each different size of pad operated upon,

and provision is made in the machine re- One object of the presentinvention is still further to facilitate proper and accurate positioning of the various sizes of heel pads :lIl shoes bythe provision of simplified mechanlsm by which such positioning may readily be obtained without the necessity of em- ,ploying adjustable gaging means. plicant, although in some of its aspects the lVith this object in ,view, provision is made in the illustrated machine whereby a fixed portion of a movable pad, support or picker head will serve to determinethe relative position of the'pad and the shoe, irrespective of the size of pads being used at any particular time. purpose, one feature of the present invention comprises the combination with an articletransferring member movable between an article-receiving position and an article-delivering position, of a plurality of magazines adapted and arranged to contain articles of different sizesand selectively to be located in article-delivering position by relative movement of the magazines and the articletransferring member, and the magazines and Said member beingrelatively adjustable to enable articles of. different. sizes to be delivered from the magazine and directlyto said member with corresponding portions of ported by the radial arms of a turret, and

the magazines are adjustable toward and from the axis of the turret to enable the curved rear edges of heel pads of different sizes to be located in the same relation to To. accomplish this the rear, edge of the movable pad Support or justing the same in accordance. with the particular size of the pads being operated upon. The picker device disclosed in Patent No.

030 b b ing means and avoids the necessity of ad- Hi5 1,604,161, above referred'to, comprises two sets of picker pins which are associated with a picker head or article support carried by an oscillatory arm which is movable back and forth between a pad-recciving position,

beneath the operatively located magazine,

and a 11 ad-presenting position where the pad is applied to the shoe. While the picker head is in.pad-receiving position beneath a selected magazine, the magazine is lowered sufficiently to press the lowermost pad in the stac against one set of picker pins and, as the picker head swings away from the magazine, the pad engaged by said pins is withdrawn and moved beneath a device which smooths the pad against the support. After the pad has been thus smoothed, the second set of picker pins is swung upwardly through a curved path to seize the rear portion of the pad and to stretch the pad against the forward picker pins so as to retain the pad in smooth condition and hold it securely under tension to offset the tendency of the adhesive-applying means to displace it.

A further object of the present invention is to provide improved means for seizing a pad after it has been smoothed upon a movable support or picker head, which will operate positively to apply tension to the pad so that the pad will beheld securely and in a smooth condition upon the picker head.

To this end, a feature of novelty is to be recognized in the provision of a picker for use in connection with a flexible article, and means for moving the picker in one path to penetrate the article and thereafter to move the picker in another path to stretch the article without penetrating it further.

As illustrated, the picker comprises one or more pins which are slidable lengthwise in a carrier pivoted for oscillatory movement and operating means is provided which functions first to slide the pin lengthwise in a straight path to penetrate a pad while the carrier remains stationary and thereafter to rock the carrier so as to move the pinssidewise to apply tension to the pad without further penetrating the pad. Before the pad applied to the shoe, a spring functions to slide the pin relatively to its carrier in a direction to retract the pin from the pad and the arrier operating means functions positively to swing the pin sidewise in a direction to relieve the tension upon the article.

In the machine illustrated in the patent lastreferred to, the means for withdrawing the pads from the magazine includes several picker pins which are arranged in a single row, the pins being of equal length and having sharply pointed ends for penetrating the pads. In the operation of transferring a pad from the magazine to a pos tion for application to a. shoe, the picker device of said machine first comes to rest beneath the magazine and the magazine is then moved downward to force the lowermost pad in the stack against the row of picker pins above mentioned. The pads being made of felt or like material tend to cling together when stacked and in order to break the adhesion between the two pads at the bottom of the stack, the picker device of said machine is moved suddenly after a pad has been seized thereby, so as to pluck or snatch the bottom pad from the stack. To insure the withdrawal of a pad by such sudden movement of the pickerdevice, the picker pins of said machine are caused to penetrate substantially through the entire thickness of the lowermost pad, and it was found that the pins were liable to extend entirely through this pad and into the pad above it that two pads were liable to be removed instead of one.

In order that the picker device of the present machine may be relied upon to seize the lowermost article of a stack preparatory to plucking the article from the stack without risk of the picker pins extending through the lowermost article and entering the article next above it, the present inven tion further contemplates the provision upon a picker device, of a relatively large number of picker pins so arranged and distributed over an area of substantial width that the resistance encountered as the pins enter an article will limit the extent of penetration to prevent the passage of the pins entirely through the article. As shown the picker pins are equally spaced upon the picker head and are arranged relatively close to one another and they are inclined somewhat in the direction in which they are to move in transferring the article. By providing a coinparatively large number of picker pins and distributing them evenly over an area of substantial width, above described, it has been found in practice that the pins will secure a firm grip upon the pad or other article to be transferred without danger of extending through the article.

Referring now to the accompanying drawings i Fig. 1 is a view in side elevation of the improved machine, certain parts being broken away and others shown in section better to disclose the construction thereof;

Fig. 2 is a detail sectional view of one of the magazines, the view being taken along the line 2-2 in Fig. 1;

Fig. 3 is a detail elevational view of the valve which controls the delivery of paste to the pads and the means for opening the valve; Figs. 4, 5, 6 and 7 are detail views, partially in side elevation and partially in section, of the oscillating picker head and its supporting arm showing various positions thereof;

Fig. 8 is a detail sectional view taken on the line 88of Fig. 5;

Fig-dis a plan view ofthe picker head; F1". is a detail sectional view taken on the line 10-10 of 4; and

paste-applying device 26; and a main shaft 28 hearing a cam d sk provided with cam surfaces for operating the. mechanism of the machine. j j

At each cycle of operations, the picker arm 20 swings upwardly from the position which it occupies in Fig.1 to a substantially vertical position with the picker head 22 located immediately beneath the operatively positioned magazinelti. The lowermost pad of the stack in the magazine which has been swung into operative relation to the picker head is seized by means of picker pins carried-by the picker head and the picker arm then swings downwardly to remove the pad from the magazine, drawing the pad beneaththe pad-smoothing finger 24 and then pausing momentarily with the pad located beneath the pasteapplying device 26 in the full line position shownin Fig. 6. The

paste-applying device 26 depressed to coat thesurface of the pad with paste, after which the picker arm continues its downwardfswinging movement until it finally comes to restin the position shown in Fig.

1. a In this latterposition of the picker. arm the paste-coated pad is presented before the operator who presses a shoe against, it, thereby securing the pad to the insideheel surface of the shoe.

The main shaft 28 is adapted. to be driven 32 through a elt adapted to pass over a suitable pulley (not shown) secured to the main shaft 28 The cam disk 30 is rotatably mounted on theshaft28 and is adapted to be connected with the shaft by means of a friction clutch indicated at 34 in Fig. said clutch being controlled by a foot treadle 36 through clutch-operating mechanisin'38. The cam dislc30, the friction clutch 3.4 and the clutcli-oaeratin mecha- M l h nisin 38 are siinilfarto corresponding parts described in said patents'and need notbe further described hereinafter, reference being had to said patents for details of construction and the mode of operation of said parts. I

The magazines 16 are severally adjustable to accommodate different sizes of heel pads and to this end each magazine comprises a hollow body portion or frame wand a plurality of vertical guide'strips 42, the,

means of an electric motor a latter being: located within the hollow frame 40 and being arranged to engage the rear and lateral edges of theheel pads to aline said edges and to support the pads in bottom plate to permit the endwise withdrawal of the bottom pad from the stack in the magazine. The guidestrips 42 are supported by legs 50 which. are disposed at right angles to the strips and are adjustably received in apertures'in the frame 40. Inward or outward adjustment of the guide strips 42 adapts the magazine to receive pads of different: sizes. provided for clampingthe legs 50 to secure the guide strips 42 in adjusted positions. The above described construction of the magazines is substantially the same asthat disclosed in Patent No. 1,604,161. V The magazinesof the present machine are carriedby the rotatable turret 18, as in the machine of the patent just referred to, and the turret of the present machine, in common, with that described in said patent, is mounted to turn about a vertical supporting post 54. A tooth-56. projects downwardly from the lower end face ofthe hub ofthe turret 18 and is adapted to bereceived in any one of a series of notches58 in a collar '60 which is fixedv to the supporting post 54, there being one notch 58 for the positioning of each magazinein operative position. Each magazine 16 is further provided with a supporting bracket 61 having an inverted U-shaped extremity adapted to straddle and Set screws 52 are.

seat upon one of a seriesof horizontal pins 1 62 carried by the turret- The illustrated magazines 16 are adjustable toward and the magazine supporting pins 62 are sever-.

ally carried by brackets 64 ,(Fig. 1) which are rigidly but adjustably secured to the turret 18 by means of clampscrews 66,

the screws 66 extending through slots 68 in the brackets 64 so as tov enable the latter to be adjusted radially with respect to. the

turret. Inasmuch as the picker head always comes torest in the same position for the reception of a heel; pad, the above-described adjustment of the magazines (20111 pensat'es for adjustments of the guiding strips 42 so that the pads may be delivered to the picker. head irrespective of variations in the size of the pads. with the curved rear edges of the pads substantially alined with the curved rear edge of the picker head, as shown in Fig. 9 wherein a pad is indicated in dotted lines at 70.

The magazines are adapted to be rocked about the supporting pins 62 and the operatively positioned magazine is normally maintained in a position slightlyinclined to the vertical (as shown in Fig. 1) by means of a T-shaped pusher 72 which engages a lug 7 1 at the bottom of the magazine. The pusher 72 is retracted to lower the magazine so that the lowermost pad therein will be pressed upon the picker pins, and subsequently the pusher 72 is actuated to vibrate the magazine so as to jolt the remaining pads downwardly and thereafter to restore the magazine to its normal, slightly inclined position, by means of mechanism which is substantially the same as the corresponding mechanism fully disclosed in each of the above mentioned patents. Briefly described. the pusher 72 is carried by a horizontal slide rod 7 6 and is normally held in the position shown by means of a spring 78. The rear extremity of the slide rod 7 6 is pivoted to the longer arm of a bell crank lever the shorter arm of which carries a roll 82 which rides on a cam face upon the cam disk 3 said face being properly designed to operate the pusher in the manner above indicated. When the pusher is retracted, the operatively located magazine is lowered until a projection 84 on the magazine engages a stop screw 86 carried by arm 88 depending from the bracket 64 associated with said magazine. A screw similar to the screw 86 is carried by each of the several brackets 61 and these screws may be adjusted to vary the extent of the downward swinging movements of the magazines and said screws may be secured in adjusted positions by means of lock nuts 90. By mounting the sto screws 86 upon the brackets 64, the relation of the stop screws to the magazines will not be altered by the in-and-out adjustmentof the magazines.

The picker arm 20 is arranged to be actuated by connections from the cam disk 30 by means of segmental racks 92. The pasteapplying device 26 is carried by an oscillating arm 94 actuated by a cam lever 96 associated with the cam disk 30. The padsmoothing member 24 is adapted to be moved to and from operative position by means of connections with the arm 9 1. The means for oscillating the picker arm and for operating the paste-applying device and the pad-smoothing member, as well as the construction of the paste-applying device itself and the shape and arrangement of the pad-smoothing member, is substantially the same as shown in the patents hereinbefore referred to. Accordingly, these parts will not be described in detail herein, it being sufiicient to state that the arm 04 is swung downwardly a slight amount so as to bring the paste-applying device 26 into engagement with the pad on the picker head and said arm 9-1 is thereafter returned to the position in which it appears in Fig. 1. As in the machines of said patents, the pasteapplying device 26 is made in the form of a nozzle and delivery of paste from the nozzle is controlled by means of a valve normally held closed by the force of a spring 98 (Fig. 3) acting against a head 100 on the valve stem 102.

In the illustrated machine, a fixed but manually adjustable abutment in the form of a screw 104 is employed which is arranged to operate at each cycle of operations of the machine to open the valve in the paste nozzle. The screw 104 is carried by the for ward extension 106 of an arm 108 which is rigidly secured to the head 12. The inner end of the screw 10st is located in the path traveled by the head of the valve stem 102 as the paste nozzle is lowered into pasteapplying position. The inner end of the screw 104 being mounted as shown, it acts as a cam to force the valve stem 102 inwardly to open the valve of the paste nozzle. The screw 104' may be conveniently turned by means of a knurled head 106 to vary the extent to which the valve is opened, thus determining the amount of paste which is delivered to the heel pad.

As best shown in Figs. 5, 8 and 9, the picker head or movable pad support 22 is formed with a pad-supporting surface which is slightly convex to conform to the concave inside face at the heel end of the insole and which has an elliptical marginal contour enabling the picker head to be readily received within the heel end of a shoe. A relatively deep marginal flange 109 extends downwardly from the pad-supporting portion of the picker head to protect and partially enclose the picker mechanism. The picker head is supported by means of a central stem 110 which is received in a longitudinal socket 112 in the outer end of the picker arm and is firmly secured within the socket by a quickly detachable connection best shown in Fig. 8. This connection comprises a rod 114 which is slidable through a transverse slot 116 in the stem 110, the side of the slot 116 at the lower end of the stem being open to permit disengagement of the stem from the rod 111 by endwise movement of the stem. In order that the stem may be normally locked in position, the rod 114 is provided at one end with an enlarged portion 118 normally held yieldingly in locking engagement with the walls of a recess 120 in the stem 110 by the action of a spring 122. The opposite or small end of the rod 114 extends outwardly through an aperture in the wall of the socket 112 and is provided with a had 124. The spring 122encircles the rod 114 between the head 124 and the exterior of the picker arm. By pressing the head 124 inwardly against the spring 122,

the enlarged portion 1 18o f the rod 114 may be forced out of the aperture 120,thus unlocking the stem 110 so that the stem may be freely lifted out of the socket 112.

It 'is contemplated that three sizes of picker heads will be provided for use with each machine, viz, one for applyingpads to mens shoes, one for use in connection with womens shoes, and one for use in connection with childrens shoes. The above described connection between the picker head and thetpicker arm rmitsthe several picker heads to be readiy and quickly interchanged as the class of workyoperated upon may require. Each of saidjpicker heads is adapted to -provide an adequate extent of surface area properlyftoi support heel pads of "various sizes within the range ed in bearings formed mlugs 134 on the" picker arm. The pins 126 are arranged to project through 'a deep notch 136 in the upper portion of the picker head. The rear or retaining pins "128 are carried by a swinging carrieror finger 138 and are jarranged to reject througha slot 140 in the upper wall of the picker head.

The plunger 132 is pressed upwardly by a light spring 142, one end of which is seated within the lower bearing for the plunger while the opposite, end of the spring is seated within a socket'formed in the lower portion" of the plunger. A sliderod144 is supported in guideways formed inthe bearing lugs 134 and carries at its upper end a yoke 146 for actuating the retaining pins 128. Extending upwardly fromthe forwardpor tion of the yoke 1 46 is anarm 148carrying' an abutment150 for engagement with the insole of the shoe, the arrangement being such that when a shoeis pressed. against the picker head by theoperator the'yo'ke 146 will be actuated to retract both sets of picker pins from the heel pad. As shown, the abutment 150 is clamped in place by means of a set screw- 152 and may be adjusted to varyv the extent of movement imparted to the yoke when a,shoeispressed against the picker head. Theyoke146. is shaped, as shown inFig. 11, to straddle both the stem by they head 12.

,lating carrier or finger 138.

.110 of the picker head and the plunger A rocker stud 154 journaled in the lower portion of thepicker arm has rigidly secured to one end thereof an arm l56 having-a pin and slot connection 158 with the lower end ofthe slide rod 144. F ixedly secured to the opposite end of the rocker stud 154 is a' cam arm 160 having a shoulder portion 161 which is acted upon in one direction for the purpose of projecting the retaining pins 128 into. the heel pad and which is capableof being acted upon in the opposite direction positivel to retract both the forward picker pins an the pressureot theshoe last presented to the picker head.

the retaining pins from s the heel, pad in case the were not fully retracted by The slide rod 144 carries, intermediate its ends, a pivoted pawl 162 the nose of which is arranged to enter a slot 164 in the plunger 132 and is formed with a shoulder 166 adapted to engage the wall at the lower extremity of the slot 164 to hold the plunger 132 retracted against the force of the spring 142. A spring 168 tends to maintain the pawl 162 in operative position and an exten sion, 170 of the pawl is arranged to engage the exterior of the plunger 132 to ,limit'the movement of: the pawl under the influence of the spring 168. In order to disengage the" pawl 162 from the plunger 132 a fixed abutment 172 is adapted to project through "an aperture 174-.in the rear of the picker arm when the latter reaches upright position to engagefwith a tail 17 6 on the pawl. As

shown, the abutment 172 is clamped by a set screw 178 to a fixed bracket 180carried By'loosening the set screw. the abutment 172 maybe adjusted relatively to the bracket 180 to vary the time at which the plunger 132 is released. The bracket 180 also carries a second fixed abutment 182' explained.

The rear picker pins-or retaining pins 128 project from a block 184 '(seeFig. 10 car "which projects across the path traveled by the cam arm 160 as the picker arm swings "upwardly and is adapted to cooperate with the shoulder 161of'the cam arm to actuate the picker pins as will be hereinafter ried by a plunger 186 slidably mounted in t thelaterally "offset upper end of the oscil- A curved leaf spring 188 is secured at its lower end to the .fingerl38 and the upper end of said spring bears against the block 184 between the pins 128. The pressure of the spring 188 tends to hold the block 184 seated against the finger 138 in'which position the pins 128 are retracted below the upper surface of the f movable pad" support22. 3 The pins 128 and the plunger l86ere so disposed relatively to the finger 138 which carries them that when the pins are moved'in a lengthwise direction they will enter theheel pad at an angle to the perpendicular, as shown clearly in Fig. 6. The lower end of the plunger 186 is engaged by the inclined upper face of a cam 190 -arried by the yoke 146 and the rear side of the finger 138 is engaged by a stud 192 which connects the free ends of the yoke 146. \Vhen the yoke 146 is raised the stud 192 functions to prevent the finger 138 from swinging rearvardly under the influence of the cam 190 and the cam 190 forces the plunger 186 upwardly against the force of the leaf spring 188, projecting the pins 128 into the pad which is then being held against the support 22 by means of the pad-smoothing finger 24. At this time the stud 192 reaches an inclined face 19% at the rear side of the finger 38 which provides sufficient clearance between the finger 138 and the stud 192 to enable the finger to move rearwardly. At the same time the cam 196 engages an inclined face 196 at the lower side of the offset upper end of the linger 138 and continued upward movement of the yoke 1&6 causes the -am 196 to cooperate with said face 196 to swing the linger 138 rearwardly. This swinging of the tinger 138 moves the retaining pins 128 sidewise in a direction to stretch the pad against the picker pins 126, thus causing the pad to hug the support 22 and holding the pad firmly so that it will not adhere to the pasteapplying device 26 when the latter is sub sequently lowered into engagement therewith. It will be noted that the pins 128, as they are moved sidewise by the swinging of the finger 138 have no tendency to penetrate further into the pad and therefore operate very effectively to apply the desired tension to the more or less flexible pad. Downward movement of the yoke 146 causes the stud 192 to ride over the inclined face 19st and the resulting cam action swings the finger 138 and the retaining pins 128 forwardly to release the tension on the pad preparatory to the withdrawal of the pins from the pad. \Vhen the tension upon the pad has been sulliciently relieved, the swinging movement.

of the finger 138 is arrested by engagement of the finger with a stop conveniently provided by the head of a screw 198 which secures the cam 190 to the yoke 146.

A comparatively large number of pins 126 are carried by the block 136 for engagement with the forward portion of the heel pad. As shown, these pins are evenly spaced apart and are arranged relatively close to one another and they are also inclined somewhat in the direction in which the picker head moves in removing the pads from the magazine. By providing a large number of pins and distributing them over a large area, as above described. it has been found in practice that the pins will secure a firm grip upon the pad so as to insure that the pad will be removed from the magazine but that none of the pins will extend through the pad. This is on account of the greatly increased resistance offered by the large number of picker pins to the pad which is pressed against them by the downward movement of the magazine after the picker head has come to rest in pad-receiving position beneath the magazine. It is contemplated that the pads will be urged downwardly in the magazines by means of a weight or follower, such as shown at 266 in Fig. 1, and that. the weight of the follower will be so calculated that as the magazine is being lowered to press the bottom pad against the picker pins the downward movement of the stack of pads may be checked as soon as the pins have secured a firm grip upon the bottom pad but before the pins have passed through the pad. By changing the weight of the followers the extent of penetration of the picker pins into the pads may be varied, or the weight of the followers may be changed to allow for variations in the density or resistance to penetration of the particular run of pads being operated upon. Inasmuch as the picker pins are incapable of extending through the pads there will be no danger of removing more than a single pad at each actuation of the picker head.

The operation of the machine is as follows: At the end of each cycle of operations of the machine, the picker head comes to rest in the position shown in Fig. 7. In this position of the picker head both sets of picker pins are in engagement with the Ptltl and the pad is presented in a convenient position before the operator who places a shoe over the picker head and presses the shoe against the heel pad. The effect of this pressure is to apply the pad to the heel end of the insole, and in addition to press inwardly the yoke 1&6 and the slide rod 1-H. As the slide rod 14% moves inwardly the pawl 162 causes the plunger 132 to move in unison with the slide rod and as a result the forward picker pins 126 are retracted from the pad. The inward movement of the yoke 1 16 functions in the manner already described positively to retract; the retaining pins 128 from the pad. The shoe with the pad attached thereto is then removed from the picker head and the operator depresses the treadle 36 to initiate another cycle of operations. At the beginning of the cycle the picker arm swings upwardly to the. position shown in Fig. wherein the picker head is located in pad-receiving position beneath an operatively positioned magazine. Just before this position is reached the abutment 182 engages the shoulder 161 of the cam arm 160 and if the picker pins 126 were not fully retracted by the pressure of the shoe against the abutment 150. the cam arm 160 will be actuated to insure a positive re- Ian traction of both the picker pins'and the ret aining pins 128. As the picker arm reaches upright position the abutment 172 functions to trip the pawl 162, 'releasingthe plunger 132 and permitting the spring 142 to project the forward picker pins above the surthe stack and removed from the magazine.

During the forwardmovement of the picker head,'the heel pad is drawn beneath the pad-smoothing finger 24 and thereby smoothed or straightened. Immediately after the pad has thus been smoothed the abutment 182 cooperates with the rear shoulder portion of the cam arm 160 and rocks said-arm in a direction to raise the slide rod 144 and the yoke 146'and positively to project the retaining pin 128 into the rear .portion of the pad, thusmaintaining thepad' in a smoothed and unwrinkledcondition and under tension upon the "picker head. Up-

ward movement of the slide rod 144 resets the pawl 162m engagement with the plung er 132;

dwells momentarily while the paste-applying device26. is lowered into engagement with the pad andthe coatingofpaste'is ap-- plied to the outer face of the pad. The paste-applying device then rises and the picker arm continues its downward movementj until it reaches the position shown in Fig. 7 in which positionthe pad is properly presented for application to 'the shoe.

Although the invention has been set forth asembodied in a particularjmac'hine, it is to be understood that the jinventionis not;

limited in the scope ofits ap'plication'to the particular machine which has been shown and described. P

Having thus described my invention, What claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States is:

v 1. In'an apparatus of the class described, the combination with an article-transferring member movable between an article-receiving position and an article-delivering posi tion, of a plurality of magazines adapted and arranged to contain articles of different sizes and selectively to be located in articledeliveringposition relative movement of the magazines and the article-transferringmember, and the magazines and said member being relativelyadjustable toenable articles of different sizes to'be delivered from When the picker armreaches the position shown by 'full lines in Fig. 6, it

th'e magazines and directly to said member with correspondingportions of the articles similarlylocated thereupon. y

2. In an apparatus of the class described, a presenting member movable between an article-receiving and [an article-delivering position, a movable support, and aplurality of magazines carried by .said support and adapted to contain articles. of different sizes, said magazine's being a-dapted'selec-. tively to be 10 .illJGCl in article -deliveringposition by movement of the support, and said,

nmga zines being adjustable relatively to said support to enable articles of difl erent sizes to be delivered from the magazines and directly to said presenting memberwith corresponding portions of the article's similarly located upon said member.

3.111 an apparatus of the class described delivery mechanism, a plurality of. magasupport for the magazines rotatably mounted to enable a selected magazine to be moved into cooperative relation iwith the de livery mechanism, the several magazines being. mounted for adjustment toward and y from the axis of rotation of the support to enable corresponding portions of articles of different sizes to-be similarly {located rela-' tively to the deliverymechanism.

4. In an apparatus of the class described,

a heelpad supporting picker head movable between pad-receiving and pad-delivering zines for articles of different sizes, and a positioma rotatableturret, and apluralityof magazines carried by the. turret and adaptedto contain heel pads of diflierent sizes, said magazines being arranged selec tive'ly to be located in pad-delivering position by rotation of the turret, and said'maw azines being adjustable toward and'from the aXis'of rotation of the turret to enable the pads to be positioned upon; the picker head with the curved rea'r edges of the pads bearingfthe same relation to the pickerhead 'irrespective of the particular size ofthe pads being supplied. 1 i

5. In "an apparatus of the class described, a member movable between. an article-receiving position. and an article-presenting position, and a magazine having one part adgustable relatively to another part to adapt the magazine to accommodate arti-' cles or different sizes, said 'magazine being adjustable bodily tov enable articles of different-sizes to be delivered with the. portions of the articles associated with saidadjustable part of the magazine similarly located relatively to said member.

6. In an apparatusof the class described, a heel pad; presenting member movable between a pad-receiving position and a padpresenting position, and a magazine for holding a stack of heel pads, themagazine having a part fol-engagingthe forwardor breast edges of the pads 'and'a part adjustor ml (ill able relatively to said breast edge engaging part to adapt the magazine to accommodate pads of difl'erent sizes and the magazine being bodily adjustable relatively to the padpresenting member to enable pads of dift'erent sizes to be delivered to said member with the curved rear edges of the pads similarly located thereon.

7. In an apparatus of the class described a picker for use in connection with a flexible article, and means for moving the picker in one path to penetrate the article and thereafter to move the picker in another path to stretch the article without penetrating it further.

8. In an apparatus of the class described, a picker for use in connection with a flexible article, and a carrier for said picker, the picker being movable relatively to the carrier in one path to enable the picker to seize an article and the carrier being movable in a diiterent path to cause the picker to apply tension to the article.

9. In an apparatus for penetrating and applying tension to a flexible article, a picker pin, and a carrier for the picker pin, the pin being slidable lengthwise in the carrier to enable the pin to penetrate the article and the carrier being operable subsequently to cause sidewise movement of the 10. In an apparatus of the class described, a picker head serving as a support for an article, a pivoted carrier located Within the head, a picker pin movably mounted on said carrier, and means for moving the pin relatively to the carrier and for rocking the carrier first in one direction and then in another direction.

11. In an apparatus ofthe class described, a support for an article, a pivoted carrier, at picker pin slidably mounted on'said carrier, means for sliding the pin in one direction and for rocking the carrier, and means for sliding the pin in the opposite direction.

12. In an apparatus of the class described, a support for an article, a carrier pivoted on said support, a picker pin movably mounted on said carrier, and a member 0perated first to impart a predetermined amount of movement to the pin and thereafter to rock the carrier.

13. In an apparatus of the class described, a support for an article, a pivot-ed carrier, a picker pin movably mounted on said carrier, a cam operated first to impart a predetermined amount of movement to the pin and thereafter to rock the carrier, and means cooperating With said means for restoring the picker pin and the carrier to an idle position.

14. In an apparatus of the class described, a support for an article, a pivoted finger, a pin slidably mounted in said finger and adapted to be moved relatively to the finger to project the point of the pin beyond said support, a spring normally holding the pin point retracted, and means engagcable first with the pin to slide the pin relatively to the linger and thereafter with the finger to move the linger and pin in unison.

15. In an apparatus of the class described, a support, an oscillatory carrier on said support, a picker pin slidably mounted on said carrier, and means for sllding the pin relatively to the carrier and for swinging the carrier.

16. In an apparatus of the class described, a support, an oscillatory 'arrier on said sup port, a picker pin slidably mounted on said carrier, and means operating first to slide the pin relatively to the carrier and then to swing the carrier and pin in unison.

17. In an apparatus of the class described, a picker head comprising a support for a flexible article, an oscillatory carrier within said head, a picker pin on said carrier, and means operable first to swing the carrier in one direction to project the picker pin beyond the surface of the picker head and thereafter to swing the carrier positively in the opposite direction to withdraw the picker pin beneath the surface of the head.

18. In an apparatus of the class described, a picker head having an elongated opening therein, a picker pin located Within the head, means to move the pin in a lengthwise dircction to project the extremity of the picker through the opening within the head, and means to move the picker in a sidcwise direction to project the extremity of the picker along the longitudinal axis of the opening.

19. In an apparatus of the class described, a support for a flexible article, means for securing one portion of the article to the support, a device for smoothing the article upon the support, a pivoted finger carried by the support, a picker pin carried by said finger and movable relatively thereto to penetrate an article on the sup mrt, and means for effecting relative movement of said pin and said finger and thereafter rocking said finger and said pin in unison to stretch the article against the securing means.

20. In an apparatus of the class described, a support, a picker mounted to reciprocate therein, and another picker comprising a picker pin mounted for both sliding and oscillating movement.

21. In an apparatus of the class described, a support for a flexible article, means carried by the support for seizing a portion of the article, and a picker pin on the support movable in one direction to penetrate another portion of the article and in another direction to apply tension to the article.

22. In an apparatus of the class described, a support for a flexible article, means cartin riedby the support for seizing'one portion by the support ,for seizing one portion of the article, and a pickergpin on the support, said pin being mounted for straight line sliding movement in the direction of its length and also for sidewise oscillation.

24. In an apparatus of the class described,

a support for aflexible article, means carried by the support for seizing one portion of the article, ,a picker pin on the support arranged to engage another portion of the article, and means for imparting to said pin first an endwise movement causing it to penetrate the article and thereafter a sidewise movement enabling the pin to stretch the article without penetrating it further.

25. In an apparatus of the class described, a support for a flexible article, means carried by the support for seizing one portion of the article, a picker pin on the support arranged to engage another portion of the article, and means for imparting to said pin first and endwise movement relatively to the support causing it to penetrate the article and thereafter a sidewise movement in one direction to cause the article to be stretched, and means for moving the pin sidewise in the opposite direction to relieve the tension upon the article. i

26. In an apparatus of the class described, a support for a flexible article, means carried by the support for seizing one portion of the article, a picker pin on the support arranged to engage another portion of the article, means for imparting to said pin first an endwise movement causing it to penetrate the article and thereafter a sidewise movement enabling the pin to stretch the ar-, ticle without penetrating it further, and means for moving the pin endwise in a direction to withdraw it from the article.

27. Inan apparatus of the class described, a movable support for a flexible article, means on the support for securing one portion of an article thereto, a picker on said support for engaging another portion of the article, and a device operable upon movement of the support in one direction positively to move the picker relatively to the support to stretch the article against the securing means and upon movement of the support in the opposite direction to move the picker relatively to the support in a direction opposite to the direction of its stretching movement.

a support, a picker pin located on said support and adapted for both lengthwise slid mg and sidewise inovement,and positively actuated means for :moving the. picker in either of the two directions. 7

2%). In an apparatus of the class described, a support, a movable picker carrier on said support, a picker pin movable relatively to.

said carrier, and a eam I'or moving the pin relatively to the carrier and also for movingthe carrier; l

30. In an appartus of the "class described,

a support, a movable picker carrier on said support, a picker pin movable relatively to said carrier, a member for moving the pin relatively to the carrier and for moving the carrier positively in one direction, and means for moving the carrier positively in another direction.

31. In an apparatus-ofthe class described,

a movable picker arm, a picker movable 28. In an apparatus of the class described,

relatively to said arm, a finger fixedly mounted upon a pivot for moving said picker, an operating member fixed to said pivot, and a lixed abutment constructed and arranged to engage said member upon movementof the picker armin one direction tofeffect an operative movement of said picker and upon movement of the picker arm in another direction to move the picker to another position.

32. In an apparatus of the class described, means for supporting a stack of articles separately to be presented, and a movable picker device for withdrawing the articles one-by-one from the stack and transferring them to a position for presentment, said.

device bearing a plurality of picker pins so arranged and distributed over a substantial area that the resistance encountered as the pins enter an article will limit the extent of penetration to prevent the passage of the pins entirely through the article.

' 33. In an apparatus of the class described, means for supporting a stack of articles separately to be presented, and a movable picker device for withdrawing the articles one-by-one from the stack and transferring.

them to a position for presentment, said device bearing a plurality of picker pins distributed over a substantial area and arranged in adjacent side-by-side relation with their pointed ends located in the same plane whereby the extent of penetration of the pins into an article will be limited to insure against possibility of pins extending entirely through the article.

34. In an apparatus of the class described, means for supporting a stack of articles separately to be presented, and a movable picker device for withdrawing the articles oneby-one from the stack and transferring them to a position for presentment, said device hearing a plurality of rows of picker pins for seizing the articles to be transferred, said rows being so arranged as to limit the extent of penet 'ation of the pins into an article to prevent any of the pin points from pro jecting through the article.

35. In an apparatus of the class described, a magazine for supporting a stack of articles separately to be presented, a movable picker device for withdrawing the articles one-byone from the stack and transferring them to a position for presentment, and a -follower tor urging the stack toward the picker device, said picker device being provided with a group of picker pins distributed over a substantial area and the weight of said follower and the arrangement and distribution of the picker pins being such that the resistance offered to the penetration of the picker pins into an article will insure against passage of the pins entirely through the article.

36. In an apparatus of the class described, the combination with one of a plurality of interchangeable article supports of different sizes, of a movable arm adapted detachably to receive a selected article support, said arm bearing picker devices adapted to engage an article upon said support, and a quickly releasable device for locking said support to said arm.

37. In an apparatus of the class described, the combination with one of a plurality of interchangeable article supports of different sizes, each having a supporting stem projecting therefrom, of a movable picker arm recessed to recive the stem of a selected article support and bearing picker devices adapted to engage an article upon said support, and cooperating fastening, means on said arm and said stem for detail ably securing said members together.

38. In an apparatus of the class dc scribed, the combination with one of a plurality of interchangeable article supports of differentsizes, each having depending therefrom a supporting stem transx 'ersely slotted at its free extremity, of a movable picker arm recessed to receive the stem of a selected article support and bearing picker devices adaptd to engage an article upon said support, and means carried by said arm for entering said slot to preventrelative turning of said support and said arm and dctachably to secure said support and said arm together.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification.

FREDERICK M. FURBER. 

